About

I work as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. I began my career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of my work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. My interests include karate, running, Bible reading, history, and making English longbows.

Feel free to contact me about using my images in your publication. Send image request for a price quote.

I wish I could get it. Can we buy it? I hope that if it is possible to send it to me in very large format so that I can print it on a canvas of 35 inches.
I await your answer and hope that it is possible.
Sylvain Etiennoul

Mr. Shumate, as a Greek native living in the west part of Thrace, i really admire & appreciate the quality of your illustration and the historical “accuracy” of your themes as well (especially the ancient Greek or the Byzantine ones). I really can’t wait for your next work…

Hey Johnny,
You don’t know me, but you have illustrated a number of my books and articles in Greek (remember the Inca and Chimu warriors, many Macedonian/Greek hoplites and cavalrymen, some Rennaisance Polish and Swedish, Ajax in the Trojan War and many more). I found this site “by accident” and this is a unique opportunity for me to thank you for your artwork in my books and articles. Your artwork is SUPERB.
Thank you again Mr. Shumate,
P.D.

Johnny,
I’m sorry about the possibly “inappropriate” previous message (I understand that it’s a little bit odd for the readers, to find out that the illustrator and the author are complete strangers).
Of course you don’t have to edit it (approve it), nor this message also. Thanks again for your artwork and sorry about the messages. After you receive this, delete both of them.
P.D.

Love your work. In fact I kept seeing images on all these websites and I couldn’t find the artist. Then I realized you can upload an image into google to search websites that contain the image. Because of that I was able to find you. I also found an image you created of a hoplite in the wikimedia commons. It is rare nowadays that an artist would produce such quality work and release it as public domain for the whole world to enjoy. Is that something you do often?

You know your military history subjects well as indicated by your countless illustrations. They are vividly superb and inspirational. I am an artist/illustrator myself with a passion for military history, and plan to create illustrations focusing on this as a profession. I would like to talk to you more about it by E-Mail please.

I am having trouble finding your “Macedonian phalanx” on this page. I can find it on google images but need to know when you made it/published it. I am hoping to use your picture for an MLA research project, and by the way your work is great.